After initially defending his officers for how they handled the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Richard Ross appeared in front of cameras on Thursday to walk back his defense and apologize to the two young men.
Ross’ statement to the press followed the first interview with Rashan Nelson and Donte Robinson about what took place a week earlier at the Philly Starbucks, the video of which went viral and prompted a #BoycottStarbucks campaign resulting in the CEO announcing that the company would shut down 8,000 stores at the end of May for what he deems is some much-needed racial bias training.
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